What is the minimum

jvmTarget

for Compose for desktop?

11 i think but i cannot remember where i read that

Also please note: "and to use the native distribution packaging JDK 15 or later must be used"

Yeah, I remember using jdk 11 because that's what I use for android and then someone here told me I needed 14 for something, and then eventually someone told me 15 in order to distribute. distribution is ultimately the endgame and so I will move to that at some point but right now I'm using jdk 14.

Yeah, I think the jpackage was still extremely buggy in JDK 14, so I'd pretty strongly recommend JDK 15.

i guess targeting

1.8

will stay a pipedream ?

Mmm, not necessarily. I don't think there is any fundamental reason that JDK 11 is the minimum, and there is at least one bug requesting JDK 8: https://github.com/JetBrains/skiko/issues/71 Skiko is a dependency of Compose, and skiko is being built for JDK 11, which is why the bug is there. Anyway, I don't think it's impossible. I think it's mostly a combination of lack-of-demand and other priorities. I don't want to speak on behalf of Jetbrains, but I kinda suspect they'd be willing to take a PR that fixes this. Contributions are generally welcomed.

Thanks all - can confirm that jdk 15 is minimum if you wish to package, but this only needs to be set in the

:desktop

module where the desktop app is built. Any Multiplatform modules that it depends on still can target

jdkTarget

minimum of 11